‘Hood reality check: The coronavirus is more gangsta than you!
(April 10, 2020). What was your reaction when you first saw this video? The answer likely depends on a number of factors, including your views on race, politics, police intervention,…
O.G.’s Rule: These 21 rappers will turn 50 this year!
(February 9, 2020). Remember when you thought MC Hammer was old? That was way back in 1990, and the Hammer was only a sage 28-year-old then. But 28 was considered…
Sentenced! Tekashi 6ix9ine says hip-hop made him a gangster; but this double standard may kill his career
(December 20, 2019). Let me see if I got this right… Because rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine wasn’t a gangster in real life – like so many rappers aren’t – but because…
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Genre-buster: Post Malone is giving Hip-Hop Historians Fits (and fans love it).
(September 23, 2019). Post Malone has the current No. 1 album in America with Hollywood’s Bleeding. The set was consumed near gold-certified levels in its first week out, making it…
Lil Nas X Being Out is Great; Doing So in Hip-Hop & Country, Not So Much
(July 6, 2019). Just three months ago, Lil Nas X was at the center of a Billboard chart controversy when the publication made the awkward choice of removing the rapper…